Micah 6:8—He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what
does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to
walk humbly with your God.
This verse is one of my all-time favorite verses in the Bible. This Old Testament passage stands out because
it takes the complex theology and draconian rules of the Old Testament and
restates them in a sophisticatedly simple way.
Through Micah, God reminds His people that He has already told them what
is good. With the various laws, like the
Ten Commandments and others, He gave them concrete guidelines for knowing what
is good and how to do good. Even so,
God’s people had turned their backs on Him.
Whether they were intentionally disobeying the rules, had forgotten some
of them, or were blindly following them with the wrong spirit, God’s people had
strayed far from Him. Micah came to them
with God’s message to stop making things so complicated. He boiled it down to three essentials: 1. Do
Justice; 2. Love Kindness; 3. Walk Humbly with God. If we stop to think about it, every God-given
rule and law falls into at least one of these three categories—He gave us the
laws to guide us to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with Him.
Today as you pray and meditate on this Scripture, lift up
praise for our loving, merciful, and gracious Father. Thank Him for enveloping you in His loving
Spirit. Pray for Him to nestle in your heart
a faithful compass that will guide you in doing justice, loving kindness, and
walking humbly with Him.
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